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Armathwaite Hall is a luxury hotel and spa adjacent to
Armathwaite Hall is a luxury hotel and spa adjacent to Bassenthwaite Lake
Bassenthwaite Lake is a body of water in the Lake District in North West England, near the town of Keswick. It has an area of , making the fourth largest of the lakes in the region. The lake has a length of approximately long and maximum wid ...
, in Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...
.
History
The present hall dates back to circa 1500; it was acquired by the Highmore family in 1540, by James Spedding (squire to Lord Egremont) in 1748 and then by Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane (who had the courtyard and chapel added) in 1796. Ownership then passed to John Boustead (who owned coffee plantations inCeylon
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
and who had the hall extensively enlarged) in 1850. It then passed to Thomas Hartley (a local mine owner who had the hall extended to the designs of Charles John Ferguson) in 1880, to the Wivell family (owners of the Keswick Hotel) in 1926.
When under the control of the Wivell family, especially Joseph Banks Wivell's widow, Mary Johnson Wivell, it received attention and praise in Florence White's Where Shall We Eat or Put Up? In England, Wales, and Scotland (1936). "Armathwaite Hall is an old country mansion, carried on as a country house furnished with every comfort and luxury" for travelers. The Wivell family also owned the Keswick Station Hotel in nearby Keswick.
It was acquired by the Graves family (the current owners) in 1976. It is now a hotel.
See also
*Hugh Boustead
Colonel Sir John Edmond Hugh Boustead KBE CMG DSO MC & Bar (14 April 1895 – 3 April 1980) was a British military officer, modern pentathlete, and diplomat who served in numerous posts across several Middle Eastern countries, including amb ...
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